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From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: libtirpc and nis
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:53:46 -0400
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Trond Myklebust wrote:
>>>>> libtirpc does not provide rpcsvc/nis.h
>>>> Hmm... I wonder what it would take to incorporate that file into
>>>> libitrpc... 
>>> rpcgen support. We already have the nis.x file in glibc's copy of the
>>> rpcsvc directory.
>> I'm thinking more of licensing issues..
> 
> I know. I'm saying that we're already distributing it through glibc. We
> don't need to distribute it again in libtirpc; we can just make use of
> the existing .x file.
Understood... But the ultimate goal here is to completely wean ourself
from the any of the glibc RPC code... so having similar header files
in a couple places is the price we are going to have to pay... IMHO...

steved.